Stories & Sounds of Northern Michigan Life
In this episode of “Mike Dell’s World,” Mike Dell discusses the topic of “Getting Ready For Winter Up North.” He starts with a humorous intro he found while digging through his files, reflecting on the absence of the Internet and video games during his childhood. Mike then dives into the essentials of winterizing for those…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:04 — 12.0MB) | Embed
Subscribe or Follow Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Blubrry | Podcast Index | RSS | More
There’s something about fall in Traverse City that feels like a deep breath after a long sprint. The air turns crisper. The sun sits a little lower in the sky, casting that golden light you only get this time of year. The trees trade in their greens for bursts of red, orange, and yellow —…
What is called a podcast has sparked more debate in our community than mic choices or interview styles. There’s a lot of confusion, and even controversy, around this seemingly simple question. And if you’ve been in the podcasting game for any amount of time, you’ve likely heard a dozen different definitions. According to WhatsAPodcast.com: podcast…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:24 — 4.9MB) | Embed
Subscribe or Follow Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Blubrry | Podcast Index | RSS | More
Iron Pig Smokehouse This weekend, my wife and I had the pleasure of having dinner at the Iron Pig Smokehouse in Gaylord Michigan. I don’t normally do restaurant reviews on my blog or podcast, but I’m going to make an exception for this little piece of freedom just an hour from my house. It’s just…
In Michigan, we have a bottle and can deposit law which makes it necessary to make trips to the bottle return at stores like Meijer and Walmart. Today, I was cleaning the garage and had a load of cans and bottles to go back to the store. Stores that sell beverages that have deposits are…
My friend Suzie Had this warning on her Facebook Profile. Facebook, Which owns THEIR SYSTEM decided that whatever article she clicked like on was false, based on what the government (or World Health Organization in this case) said. It’s their right to censor what is on THEIR platform. Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,…
Since 1999, I have had MikeDell.com on the web. The first few versions of it were just done on plain old HTML and then later FrontPage. I went through a few web hosts over the years since around 2003 I’ve been on Godaddy hosting and WordPress. I was on the mid-level shared hosting on Linux…